The role of affect in attitudes toward organ donation and donor-relevant decisions

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 789-802

  Van Den Berg, Helma ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^a,b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^a   Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Ambivalence; Attitudes; Feelings; Organ donation; Structure of attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144474242     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500161786     Document Type: Review

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